Arts & Culture

Oxford’s coffee scene is brewing up something familiar with Velvet Ditch Coffee Roasters’ new location. While the vintage-styled sitdown shop just opened at 1316 North Lamar Boulevard last week, Velvet Ditch Coffee Roasters has served Oxford since 2021.  Owner and...

With plastic skeletons hanging from the cobwebbed ceiling and alcoholic “blood bags” selling out within The Lyric’s first hour of opening, Code Pink’s fifth-annual Halloween drag event, “Fangbanger,” on Thursday, Oct. 30 was a ghoulish delight to many. This event...

The English Department of the University of Mississippi hosted a “Cozy Reading Night” in Bryant Hall Thursday night to foster community among English majors and minors, creative writing majors and their friends.  “We have English majors, we have English minors,...

A different kind of trunk-or-treat came to Oxford during Thursday and Friday’s Halloween festivities: country music artist Lainey Wilson’s Golden West Boots pop-up at 925 Van Buren Avenue. The boot brand, founded in 2025 by the multi-award winning singer, has...

Florence + The Machine released its sixth studio album “Everybody Scream” on Friday. This Halloween debut added another harmonious addition to the band’s discography. Lead singer and songwriter Florence Welch’s bewitching vocals and lyrics mixed with the band’s dramatic production...

From partnering with the city of Oxford to encourage public transportation to helping students with capstone projects, the University of Mississippi’s Office of Sustainability is working to make the community more environmentally friendly.  The office focuses on ways that the...

With October coming to an end and Halloween quickly approaching, it is time to break out the new and classic hits to set the spooky scene. Here are 10 must-listen songs spanning decades and genres for the haunted holiday. “Sisters...

The Magnolia State Bonsai Club showcased cultivation work by Andy Reynolds, Cindi Stehr, Zach Adamz, Mabel Adamz and Dave Gilcrease from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m on Saturday.  Upon entering the Oxford-University Depot, viewers could walk down the rows of...

Even in places that have long been abandoned, Mississippi’s long history of literary and artistic content creation is alive and well. On William Faulkner’s mule farm between Oxford and his birthplace in New Albany, Miss., lies Greenfield Farm, a future...

With the fall season in full swing, students are embracing the changing weather by cozying up their Oxford living spaces to get into the autumn spirit.  “Fall is my favorite season,” Lillian Prather, a junior accountancy major from Waterloo, Ill.,...